How is life in Canada?

Consumption level is based on your daily living habits

A box lunch is about RMB25~30, which is relatively cheap and no tip is required

I can make it myself If you want to eat, just buy food and cook it yourself. It’s much better than buying outside.

There are also standards for useful things. If it doesn’t matter whether the thing is a famous brand or not, you can bring some clothes, shoes, socks and underwear from China. If you like famous brands, it will be cheaper to buy them in Canada.

When you come, remember to bring some commonly used medicines because it is quite expensive to buy medicines in Canada.

And some medicines require a doctor’s certificate. You are not an immigrant or a citizen. It’s just a one-time check-up. Dropping more than 100 Canadian dollars is equivalent to RMB500~600

Remember to bring an electronic dictionary and a book dictionary

If you have electrical appliances brought from China (with plugs), bring a transformer

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Winter will be very cold and dry, similar to the Northeast. Down jackets can be bought in Canada or sent to Canada

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Canada originally It’s just a country of immigrants, so it doesn’t have any cultural characteristics.

I’m polite and if I accidentally touch someone or step on someone else’s foot, I’ll say sorry

I hope others will get out of my way or find someone if something happens. Say excuse me when you are doing something or talking to someone else

Say thx or thk u when someone opens the door for you or hands you something

Strangers often follow you on the street. You say hello purely out of enthusiasm. . Generally speaking, it is easy to answer by saying "hi how r you"

When asking for help, you should use questions instead of directly saying "take me a pen" but "can you lend me a pen"? Or add "please" at the end of the sentence. Please lend me a pen

Don't be too loud in public places

Remember to flush the toilet after use

Do not eat in public places (except eating places such as restaurants and bars), and it is best not to drink.

Do not smoke in public places (except smoking rooms)

Don’t run red lights and cross the street

Consciously queue up

Don’t point fingers at people with weird clothes or other nationalities

Please respect Jesus in Canada = =

Try to avoid direct contact with black people. Black people have the highest probability of committing crimes (no racial discrimination intended)

People who are not familiar enough should try not to touch other people's bodies

Don't touch them anywhere Throw garbage and spit

Don't pick flowers in front of other people's houses

When taking the bus, try to sit in the back. The front can be reserved for the elderly, children, pregnant women or the disabled

Resolutely do not touch anything with a handicapped symbol unless you want to be fined or BS

After eating out, if it is a disposable tableware, consciously throw the remaining garbage into the garbage Leave the dishes outside the trash can

Keep the garbage sorted

Don’t wander around the street topless and wearing boxer shorts in the summer

< p>Have a strong sense of time

Care for public property

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Life in Canada is very simple

There are not many entertainment facilities in Canada. Entertainment facilities are concentrated in the downtown business district

Every time you go to play, it costs as little as 10 Canadian dollars and as much as unlimited. All are allowed

There are casinos, bars and other places where you can enter only after the age of 19. It is best not to drink or gamble.

Alcohol and tobacco require people after the age of 19 to buy emergency contraceptive pills. Girls over 19 years old buy drugs (note that they are girls). There is no dedicated person in the store to buy drugs.

Shops in Canada are very concentrated. There will be malls at intersections with large and small shops and restaurants.

(There are no intersections in residential areas)

If you like shopping, you can find a very large center (a shopping center larger than a mall)

It is best not for international students to keep pets

·Dogs need a lot of certificates such as birth control, grooming, teeth cleaning, etc. They also need to see a pet doctor for vaccinations every year, and they need to be taken out twice a day, otherwise they will abuse pets and countless peripheral items

·Cats need vaccinations There are countless nursery, birth control, nail clippings and peripheral products

·Rice or guinea pigs are easier to raise, but I still worry about nursery and other peripheral products

·Snakes, lizards , spiders, ants, turtles, fish and other pet peripheral products are unlimited and very difficult to buy

And it is very troublesome to bring them back to China after studying abroad

It is very expensive to leave pets to pet hotels when returning from studying abroad. It’s very expensive to bring them back and quarantine them for at least one month. Take them back and quarantine them for another month

So keeping pets is asking for trouble

There are usually small parks near residential areas for children to play. Amusement facilities

The swimming pool is occasionally open for free, but the crowds are like dumplings

There are gyms, swimming pools and other things in the condo that are only open to residents

Golf For sports like golf and skiing, you can pay a lot of money to play once.

Wonderland is a very powerful amusement park from May to October. Tickets for a person are 56 Canadian dollars and you can get a 50% discount if you go in a group. The number of people in the group must exceed 25. A very worthwhile amusement park. It is recommended to go there

In the summer, many people go to Lake Ontario to barbecue, paddle, swim, and bask in the sun. You can go with friends. It’s free to go to Lake Ontario. Remember to pack your things after playing.

Great Falls has a casino and a haunted house. It is opposite the United States. You can go to the United States with a visa. During Canada Day on July 4th, the Falls will have lights projected onto the falls and fireworks. You can go there and stay one night. It will be beautiful. In July, Canadian cherries are also ripe. After visiting the waterfall, you can buy a ticket to pick cherries from the trees in some orchards.

After arriving in Canada, learn to drive as soon as possible, take the G1 and then G2. After passing the G2, you can drive. After completing the G2, you must take the G license within 5 years, otherwise the G2 will be invalid. Taking the bus in Canada is very inconvenient. The vast land and sparse population make Canada's business districts and residents far apart. The bus came very slowly and there was no strike. So you must buy a car! At the beginning, it was OK to buy a second-hand car. It doesn’t have to be too expensive. 3,000-5,000 Canadian dollars would be enough. Insurance will be more expensive for young people. Insurance costs at least 100 per month, and oil prices are similar to those in China.

Every October 30th is Halloween in Canada. If you live in a house, prepare some candies for the children. Children will come to you from every house to ask for sweets. At Christmas time, relatives and friends send each other gifts. Even if you really don’t have money, sending a greeting card is okay. The second day of Christmas is boxing day, and most stores will have big discounts! It’s a good day to buy famous brands, but you’ll see a lot of people. Occasionally there will be a wearhouse selling cosmetics and skin care products with huge discounts. If you have tickets, you can go in and buy them. After you buy them, you can take them back to your country as a gift to your mother or relatives. Much cheaper than buying domestically. But you have to worry about whether that will expire. Tickets are generally about 10 Canadian dollars. In addition, you can also buy lecithin when you return home to give gifts. Anyone over 35 should start taking it. It’s about 7 yuan before tax at cosco. Buy a lot for your parents! Seal oil, American ginseng, royal jelly, maple syrup, etc. can also be used.

In addition to Canada’s National Day, fireworks can also be set off on Victoria Day. It was Queen Victoria's birthday, and there would be people selling fireworks during the day. You can put it away at night. But it’s not as lively as the Chinese Spring Festival.

In addition, Toronto is very dry, so you need to moisturize yourself no matter what. And the ultraviolet rays are very strong. Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, remember to use sunscreen. To avoid skin cancer! People in Canada change their clothes almost every day. If conditions permit, change it every day. Wash it once a week, otherwise it will be easy for others to think that you don’t care about cleanliness.

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Separate a section specifically about transportation!

Since you are coming to Toronto, you must use the TTC (unless you drive)

The TTC has monthly passes, weekly passes and day passes = =

Monthly passes No need to explain. An adult monthly pass costs about 100 or more

A weekly pass is a shortened version of a monthly pass. The price is unclear

A daily pass is a shortened version of a weekly pass! It costs 9 yuan a piece and can be used by several people. As for how many people there are, there are many ways to match them. You can check them in more detail at that time. The day pass can only be used within one day.

In addition, the TTC also has something similar to coins that can also be used as tickets. The price of this is calculated based on the price of the ticket at that time. If you don’t plan to live in Toronto for 10 or 20 years, don’t buy it. To buy this kind of coins is to wait for the price of train tickets to increase. After the price increases, the cheap coins you bought 10 years ago can still be used 10 years later. But if you want to really make money like this, you need to wait infinitely.

TTC still has tickets! There are adults, students and children. Each time you buy a ticket, you must buy at least 5 tickets, and you need to buy them in multiples of 5. There is no saying about buying 7 sheets. You definitely can't use it with children. If you look like a student, maybe you can try buying a student ticket. Students need to go to TTC to get a student ID card, which is specifically used to take TTC. A student ticket costs 5 yuan. You need to take the paper given by the school and come to the door with the signature of the principal before you can go and apply for it. You also need to take pictures when doing it. Many drivers don't check their student ID cards, and occasionally they encounter perverts who do. Adult tickets are a little over 2 yuan each, and student tickets are 1 yuan and 5 each. I don’t know if the price will increase this year. In the past, the TTC has increased prices every year.

If you choose to invest cash, the price is 2.75 each for students and more than 3 yuan for adults.

In addition, you can ask the TTC driver for a transfer after getting on the bus. Allows you to transfer. But this is limited to the street where you get off. For example, if you get off at Street A, your transfer can only be transferred on Street A. If you get to Street B and you want to transfer, the driver will not let you get on the bus. And transfer cannot be used on cars on the same road. If you take the No. 85 bus and arrive at station A, you want to take the No. 85 bus back to the starting point. This won't work. Even if I want to use transfer to take bus No. 85 to reach station B, it won’t work. Transfer is only used from north-south cars to east-west cars. Or cars traveling in the east-west direction can be transferred to vehicles traveling in the north-south direction.

One transfer cannot be used twice. If you show your transfer to the driver to get on the bus, the driver will not give you another transfer. A transfer must be used within 2 hours and will become invalid upon expiration. (The driver can tell when your transfer was received from the gap in the transfer)

The terminal station of all TTC buses is a subway station. You can enter the subway station directly from the bus without paying any more. The subways and buses are owned by the TTC = =

In the subway station, you can go wherever you like, no one cares about you. After arriving at the place you want via the subway, there will be TTC buses outside. You can take a free bus to get to where you want to go. If the bus doesn't go directly to where you want to go, you can get a transfer printed on-site from a machine at the subway station. You can transfer again after getting off the bus.

The TTC covers the entire Toronto. If you want to go a little further, you might as well take the TTC to save gas money.

TTC’s parking spots are fixed and you cannot just ask the driver to stop. Pay attention to the map! !

Generally, TTC parking spots will have a red pillar, which is not big. It says TTC stop. Slightly larger stations will also have a small transparent house. It can keep out the wind in winter. The time of the next TTC bus is usually written on the pillar. But the time is not very accurate. .

When you want to get off the TTC, don't tell the driver that you want to get off. Instead, there will be a yellow rope near the window (there are windows on both sides). The rope goes from the rear of the car to the front of the car. Pull that rope. You will hear a beep, and the beeps vary from car to car. The words on the signs on the front of the car will also turn red. In addition, some handrails or railings will have a red button on the door. It says stop on the door. Pressing the red button has the same effect as pulling the yellow line. The driver will use this to judge whether to stop.

TTC buses are accessible through the front door and exit through the rear door. Sometimes you can go down to the front door without anyone coming in. There are roughly two types of rides when getting off the TTC bus. One is to let you stand on the ladder to get off the bus, and the door will open automatically. There is also a door with push written on it. Just push the door and it will open.

—————————————————————————————————————— There is also the wonderful housing issue. . I believe you will not buy a house.

There are many types of student housing. If you are in university, there are dormitories. Dormitories are divided into dormitories for one person or two people. The price varies from university to university. I don’t know if your university has such a thing.

There are also many people who rent an apartment by themselves

·Rent a one-bedroom apartment with a sunroom. Free water and electricity and free heating. There is no furniture, no landline, no Internet access, and no TV. The cost is about 960 yuan per month. It is not very convenient for a student to live like this.

·Same as above. Find someone to live in the bedroom or sun room. Then use the Internet and TV to share between 2 people. But there will be no furniture.

·Rent a room (about 10 square meters) with kitchen and toilet. Simple furniture, internet and TV. Water, electricity and heating are free. Apartment/condo varies from 350-500 per month

·Rent a master room (15-25 square meters), kitchen for private use, private toilet, simple furniture, Internet, TV, water, electricity and heating for free. Apartment/condo ranges from 400-600 per month

· Rent a room (about 10 square meters) with kitchen and toilet. Simple furniture, internet and TV. Water, electricity and heating are free. House/townhouse ranges from 350-500 per month

·Rent a master room (15-25 square meters) with free kitchen, private toilet, simple furniture, Internet, TV, water, electricity and heating for free. House/townhouse ranges from 400-600 per month

·Rent a room (13-16 square meters) with kitchen and toilet, simple furniture, Internet, TV, water, electricity and heating for free. The basement price ranges from 280 to 350 per month

·If you live in a room with a friend or partner and make an AA plan, add 50 to the above price and divide it by 2

·Homestay is popular among international students. Legendary homestay. I personally helped an agency find this kind of homestay. It is recommended not to go. On the surface, you can practice your English, and there will be people cooking for you. Actually. . There are many problems arising from the incompatibility of personalities. Some families specialize in homestays to make money, and there are so many people that they can't practice English. Some people are immigrants themselves and their English is not good. Appetite problem RP problem. . Others clearly promised 3 meals but actually only gave 2 meals. . And the price is at least 70 per month. Not recommended!

apartment (rental apartment) The heating is sufficient and dry in winter, and it is very hot in summer!

Condo (private apartment) The heating is sufficient and dry in winter. It depends on whether the landlord likes to turn on the air conditioner in summer. It will not be too hot.

House/townhouse The heating is not particularly dry in winter and the ventilation is good in summer. The landlord will turn on the air conditioner

basement The temperature in winter is only 2 and the summer is cool and humid. If you are not used to the humid environment, you may get rheumatism, especially men

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If you don’t smoke, drink, gamble, take drugs, keep pets, and have no particularly expensive hobbies (such as collecting valuables, loving luxury goods) ) And if you don’t have a girlfriend. .

The rent for a single person is 350-500 per month for renting a room on the ground. .

Eating at home most of the time is 200 quick bucks (even a pig can be full)

Eating out 4-5 times a month (not expensive Western restaurants) 50-80

The monthly car insurance and gas expenses are 350-400. If you are not ready to buy a car, you can buy a monthly pass for up to 120

Go to KTV twice a month for 30-400

Mobile phone subscription is 40

My own cleaning supplies such as washing powder, soap and soap are 15 (generally less than 15)

Occasionally buying clothes, computer equipment, light bulbs and snacks are 150 for miscellaneous expenses. .

(It’s best to bring enough clothes from China. Toronto boys’ clothes can cost hundreds if they look good)